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Field Notes

Description:

Reptilian looking with a cheshire grin. On a tree.

Habitat:

Yala National Forest.

Notes:

Guide called it an iguana...is it ? It stayed there un-moving and was there hours later when we returned after morning safari.
I am very intrigued...doesn't really look like Varanus. HELP!

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (9)
Jellis
Definite not amphibian. Too dry a skin
SukanyaDatta
Jellis....I cannot even make up my mind whether this is an amphibian or a reptile! So confused...would love PN experts to chip in with much-needed help. Thanks for your inputs.
Jellis
I would think this is a spiny tailed lizard if it weren't in the wrong area.
Jellis
I would get confused too because I am not seeing any iguanas in Sri Lanka or India. Most they have like that are monitors but their heads are too long. Maybe a displaced species.
SukanyaDatta
Thank you Desmond E S O...I am pretty intrigued too.
Desmond.E.S.O
Those feet look way too thick for an Iguana, now that I think about it.
Desmond.E.S.O
Too fat for a Varanus. I think maybe a Spineless Female Iguana
SukanyaDatta
Can it be a very fat salamander and not actually a reptile? the more I look the more confused I get.

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Biodiversity of Sri Lanka
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2017

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